Mr. Mango and Lady Mary Mango were there, with the dear young Gwendoline and Guinever Mango as bridesmaids; Colonel Bludyer of the Dragoon Guards (eldest son of the house of Bludyer Brothers, Mincing Lane), another cousin of the bridegroom, and the Honourable Mrs. Bludyer; the Honourable George Boulter, Lord Levant's son, and his lady, Miss Mango that was; Lord Viscount Castletoddy; Honourable James McMull and Mrs. McMull (formerly Miss Swartz); and a host of fashionables, who have all married into Lombard Street and done a great deal to ennoble Cornhill.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
The next day was the day appointed for the dinner of the tenantry, and busy indeed were the young Mortimers, in dressing up the Hall, and making it look smart and lively.
— from Christmas, A Happy Time A Tale, Calculated for the Amusement and Instruction of Young Persons by Alicia Catherine Mant
But just as none of straw hats are made in Leghorn, so there are none of Bologna sausages made in Bologna.”
— from Behind the Throne by William Le Queux
[FN-3] The enemy had constructed a breast-work of half a mile in length, so covered by a bend of the river as to expose only the front and one of the flanks to attack; and even that flank was rendered difficult of approach by resting upon a steep ridge, "nearly parallel to the general course of the river, terminating somewhat below the breast-work.
— from Life of Joseph Brant—Thayendanegea (Vol. II) Including the Border Wars of the American Revolution and Sketches of the Indian Campaigns of Generals Harmar, St. Clair, and Wayne; And Other Matters Connected with the Indian Relations of the United States and Great Britain, from the Peace of 1783 to the Indian Peace of 1795 by William L. (William Leete) Stone
I don't love him any more; I love somebody else, and that somebody else is you."
— from Sans-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Paul de Kock
Byron’s sister, Augusta Leigh, he also met in London society.
— from Nathaniel Parker Willis by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers
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